Sometimes, someone does something so big that it overwhelms you with the sheer kindness of it all. Sometimes, when you’re at your lowest, someone comes along and lifts you up so high that you’d swear your forehead kisses the clouds as they pass. Sometimes someone does something so beautiful that you are faced with the […]

Yesterday, we had a play date with a boy in J’s class and his parents. They came over for dinner and the boys played for a while until their son apparently went to play with a toy that J didn’t want him to play with. A small argument ensued and I did what all parents […]

Last night, J woke up in the middle of the night. First, he called for a different pacifier. Then he called for more milk. Then, he started saying something on repeat that sounded almost exactly as though he were saying “F_CK.” I listened closer. Still sounded like that. I took the pacifier out of his […]

I'm a divorced, single mom to a pre-schooler, a full-time attorney, and a semi-reluctant vegetarian. I work hard and when given the chance, I play hard... but I'm almost never given the chance.

It's possible that I never outgrew 7th grade mentality, as I still laugh when anyone says anything that can be remotely construed as sexual. Let's face it, if you're not down with "That's what s/he said" at the end of almost any sentence, we're probably not going to get along all that well.

I drink more than I should, I run more than I should, and I laugh as much as I can. So I'm pretty much winning at life.